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ALICE A. NICHOLSON, OF MELBOURNE, FLORIDA.

GAME APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 2, 1916v Serial N o. 123,362.

`attention in the skilful playing thereof so that persons playing the game will not readily tire ofthe same.-

An object of my invention is to provide apparatus for a card game which maybe :played by boys and girls or by grown persons, and which may be arranged as a progressive game in which total scores will be counted when a sufficient number of persons areuplaying, .it being understood that the game might be played with thel persons paired4 off as partners or with each person playin independently and counting his or her in e endent score.

A furt er object lies in the provision of a game apparatus which is based upon the arrangement of the stars in the iield of a. flag of the United. States, the various cards being indicated by the names of the States which are represented by the stars of the Hag and further indicated by numbers showing the particular position of the separate stars, and which game will thus prove educational in teaching the order of admission, or the order of application for admission of the various States to the Union, the character of the game being such that playing the same for any length of time will permanently fix the placing of the various stars in themindof the player.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel features 'of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter set forth in connection with the drawings and then more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is anelevational view with the v bracket inclosing a disclosure of the faces of a set of the cards embraced within a pack. Fig, 2 is an enlarged vient@ better dis.-

close the markings on the face of each of the cards.

Patented Dec. 4, 1917.

It is the intention that this game shall vbe i' f played by two, four or more people, and

where an equalnumber of people are playing together, they cantake partners.

The game is played with a'pack'of cards,

comprising two sets of cards numbered from 1 totS inclusive, one set being shown as an entirety in Fig. 1'. The forty-eight4 cards ofI each set arel to correspond to the forty-eight nited States, and -tvv o sets ,of forty-eightl each are to make up the completepack,

As is better shownin Fig. 2, each Y'card bears a five pointed star, preferably arranged With a point upward as the stars of the Hag are placed, this star vbeing prefer-` l ably llocated at ,the center of the card Aas" vshown at 1. The cards each Vbear theinarne of one of the States of the Union as shownat 2, and then the cards are numbered as at 3 to indicate the position which the star 'oc' cupies in the field of the flag, it thus being seen that the star 'corresponding to each State is placed inthfeforderof the States ratification of the vConstitutionand admi'sg 'sion to the Union. For eXampl"e,the two cards numbered one (l)- that is the first card of each set, would bear the name of Delaware beneath the star, Delaware being,` the first State to ratify'the Constitution the two cards numbered two (2)"wouldbear the name of 'the lState of'Pennsylva'nia; f three, (3) New Jersey,'an`d so on down to the newest State, Arizona, which is star 48. 1 t

In addition to being numbered, eachr set of forty-eight cards is divided into siX books of eight cards each, this divisionl'correspond 95 placed in rows when positioned in the ing to the grouping of the stars as the same are field of the ag. Thus, book 1 contains cards 1 to 8 inclusive; book 2, cards!) to 16 in-` clusive; book 3, 17 to 24 inclusive, and so on, the last being book 6, containing cards 41 to 48 inclusive. All of the cards in each of the six books are designated asis'indi-- cated at 4, so that they may be readily asv socia-ted with the particular group or 'book' in which they belong.

Rules of the game.

When there are four pr more players they" 65,k 'i stars placed in the field of the fla-g of 'thefgj truinp, discards liis'floxvest card orfsome other/ may divide themselves. as partners5i'ieach player sitting opposite'his 0r her partner;` it of course being understood that Where-'- there er@ only WO Playerssefshilli-yfiisulla-'-t act and score individually, and that this same arrangement might be observed Whereii;

a number of persons are playing, each player taking his .handiagainst tl-1e.; remaining-plays .s ers and scoring individually.

The dealer deals ive cards 'and then turns up on@ .Gerd ffOmi-he Peck. .for trmnps- Players thenl bid A for Ethe` 'advantage *of leading',

E COF" '0f cards, retained; 'candsfb'ein'g :placedyon the tabl e *be fore #the Ilpla-yer; and all: duplicate cards being discarded. Partners complete dierentibooksieach taking three of the siX to be completed.

Discarded duplicate cards are shuffled and "rodea-lt, ive at a time, until only cards enough: :fon-zone hand are left. The lastgliand; is theniost important, and when this hand is dealt,"ach playeri's'hould hold five cards, 72

.although the last hand can be played. with theplayers Ato theleft of the dealer bidding?":Thesucc-essfiil' bidde'fforf lea'd Whe'nj'theljast"` card .iihiciip .he .falsi fwiu .noiibevf admi.. heeft@ him, and begins the gainby ledg; the l.1.igh'es t Cardi of .strong suit, v or leading .the card which will permitliis'part-t 11er. @Play yb21kd1 didvaritagelandto take, 1,1

andas am. .dihighesicaidsi d impiega-1.

' Following thel playingsi'l of the'iirsi't iardgby, the. .panty havingithe advantage of the-lead; the players.. fonowisut iby Playing Card. .Qlf

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cards 'being the. @ightfards .Qi tllbk BS indieated by .the card turned up' gifroin-f t he' theltrllmnn:

ilayers, the location of the various stars of he United States flag together with the par- .icular grouping of the same in rows and to .hus teach to the players the 'order of the ratification of the Constitution by and the admission to the Union of the various States, and while I have herein shown and described only one particular form which the cards might take, it will be understood that coloring of the cards or a varied arrangement of the printed matter thereon might be resorted to, and that other changes and modifications such as in the rules laid down for play with the pack of cards might be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, in View of which fact I do not wish to be limited to the exact disclosure but rather only to such points as may be set forth in the claims.

I claim:

l. A game apparatus comprising a book of eight cards having indicia representing the position of the stars in the first row of the field of the flag of the United States, each of said stars being marked to designate grouping thereof in the first book, and other books of cards clearly designated from the irst book corresponding to the remaining rows of stars and marked to indicate the position of the stars represented thereby.

2. A game apparatus comprising a book manners coe` of eight cards having markings thereon to represent the position of the stars inthe first row of the flag of the United States and also the States represented by the stars, each of said cards being marked to designate the grouping thereof in the first row, other books of cards designated from the first book and marked to designate the remaining rows of the stars of the Hag, each of the cards of said last mentioned books having designations to show the particularI State Y represented thereby and the position occupied by the star, and a duplicate card for I star in the Hag of the United States, andA markings on said cards to indicate the rep-'.

resen'tation of the stars of the flag.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALICE A. NICHOLSON.

Witnesses l. B. FREEMAN, I. R. NICHOLSON.

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Washington, D. C. 

